Secondary
Poole High School
Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 2BW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1891 of 1975 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- TWYNHAM LEARNING
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2022
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
56%
51.0
3rd of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in Poole we can score - 9 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.67 |
| Entered the EBacc | 57% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% |
| A level average points per entry | 35.05 |
| A level students | 111 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 2BW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Sian Phillips
- Address
- Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 2BW
- Telephone
- 01202666988